The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-21
THE LATE GENERAL LOGAN.
The Geo. w DeLOng Post Nd. Al. &.
"A r.. Pays Il Last TribHse to the
Memory Of "a Departed Com abe.


OF the Geo W. belong Post,
We're solemn and appropriate. There was
a large attendance of American citizens,
which was thoroughly representative,
and punctual at the hOuG named
the members of the Post march
ed in with slow and measured
step, Commander r. w Lame at their
head. Having taken up the position
which had been reserved for them, the
gallant Commander assembled the dais,
together with Comrades G w Merrill
and j. A. Cruzan. The appointed cere
mony was entered upon by the Com
mander, putting to the rank and file the
question: For what purpose are you
gathered here? To which answer was
made: To pay our last sad tribute
to our departed comrade.
Adjutant J. +. Noble then read the
following resume OF the military career
of the deceased: Comrade John y.
Logan was born FEBRUARY 9, 1924, in the
town Of Brownsville, State OF Illinois
enlisted as private in Company A, LIST
Illinois Infantry, in 1916; was promoted
to Lieutenant for bravery; was 3
! volunteer private at the battle OF
1 Bull Run; raised to the 3lst regi-
ment OF Illinois Infantry and was COM
missioned its Colonel; was promoted to
Brigadier General March B, 1862; was
promoted to Major General November
20, 1862; Military Governor OF Vicksburg
on the surrender OF that city, after which
he commanded the 18th Army Corps,
and was Major General at the close OF
the war He was elected Commanders
in-Chief of the G.. A. r. in 1868; 18th
May, 1869, was reelected, and on the
18th May, 1870, was again reelected,
having served three years in that capac-
ity. Comrade Logan died December
26, 1886, aged 81 years and 10 months.
AS each promotion was announced,
the drummer beat three rolls on the
muff1ed drum, and at the conclusion
long rolls followed.
The memorial service, brief but i'm
pressive, was conducted with appropriate
solemnity by Comrade Cruzan, the
members of the Post with one accord
uttering the responses.
The music was a pie using feature, and
was rendered by the well-trained choir
of Fort-street Church, under the able
dictatorship of Professor Yarndley, the
names of the performers having been
mentioned yesterday. At the conclusion
of the Post service, the double trio,
"Holy Redeemer," was effectively rem
dered.
Prayer having been offered by Com
rade Cruzan, an eloquent address on
General John A. Logan, the Soldier, >
was delivered by Comrade George w
Merrill, who spoke as follows:
Again upon the American shores {
nation has stepped aside from its usua
avocation to bend over the grave of one
of its gallant defenders. Again the
muffled drums have reminded us tina
another comrade has joined the hosts OF
the camping grounds of eternity; that {
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soldier, in obedience to the bugle cal
from the other side, has gone to stanC
| beside those other heroes whose morta
lives have been wrecked by disease o
went out in the smoke of battle.
When the announcement flashed owe
the continent that General Logan wa
dead, all seemed spontaneously to ex
claim, Gan honest, patriotic citizen; ;
jealous, brave soldier is gonew
Thou h in early life he was not rocked
in the cradle of luxury; though he die
not enjoy the advantages of many of hi
comrades in receiving military educa
ton under the fostering care of tn
United States Government, yet when th
cyclOnic tempest of disunion clouded thu
stars of our Union the latent fires 0
patriotism burst forth, the unquench
able spirit illumined many dark place
| in our land. and it was General Logan
who pointed to the flag and persuade'
hosts of doubling Thomases to follow tn
straight and narrow path of duty up t.
the defense of the citadel WHEREOF
foated the banner Indelibly inscribed
"The Union forever Disunion never =
At his birth no angel dropped in hi
cradle any special genius or peculia
talent as was done with many others il
American history, but while steppin
from the cradle to the grave he demon
strated the possibilities of a self-mad
man. When the Civil War burst upo
US, we had no knowledge of our heroes
and though the greatest of them all wa
found in tannery, yet out of Egypt
there came one of his ablest Lieutenants
Born in a rude log cabin IN tn
then wild west with only the rushin
winds of the prairie to join in the choru
of a fond mothers lullaby, reared ami
the hustle and turmoil of the frontier
yet, by indimotable will, unswervin
fidelity to principle, he inscribed hi
name on the escutcheon of fame as on
of the strongest and bravest defenders {
his country.
When history was being made taste
than ever before; when great spirit
were struggling for the ascendency,he 8